The complaint alleged that Grover Norquist, president
of Americans for Tax Reform, Inc., gave a "master contact list"
of conservative activists in 37 states to Ken Mehlman, campaign
Manager of Bush-Cheney '04. The list, the complaint alleged, constituted
an impermissible corporate contribution from ATR or an excessive
contribution from Grover Norquist. The Commission found reason to
believe that Grover Norquist, ATR, Bush-Cheney '04 and Ken Mehlman
violated the corporate contribution ban. However, in light of the
apparently small value of the materials provided by Grover Norquist
and ATR to Bush-Cheney '04, the Commission used its prosecutorial
discretion and took no further action and closed the file.

DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD:

Documents from this matter are available
from the Commission's web site at http://eqs.sdrdc.com/eqs/searcheqs
by entering 5409 under case number. They are also available
in the FECs Public Records Office at 999 E St. NW in Washington
.

*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:

1. Receipt of proper complaint

3. ?Probable cause? stage

2. ?Reason to believe? stage

4. Conciliation stage

It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take
any action. The FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a complaint.
If a violation is found and conciliation cannot be reached, then the FEC
can institute a civil court action against a respondent.